Transcribed from the 1913 Methuen and Co edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

INTENTIONS

BY
OSCAR WILDE

METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON

First Published, at 1s. net, in 1913

This Book was First Published 1891
Second Edition 1894
First Published (Third Edition) by Methuen and Co. 1908
Fourth Edition 1909
Fifth Edition 1911

DEDICATED
TO
MRS. CAREW
BY
THE AUTHOR’S LITERARY EXECUTOR

CONTENTS

PAGE
The Decay of Lying [1]
Pen, Pencil, and Poison [57]
The Critic as Artist [95]
The Truth of Masks [221]

THE DECAY OF LYING:
AN OBSERVATION